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Ultimate result of a shot down , hijacking that failed, mechanical failure maybe a crash to the ocean ( which I really pray not ) but the circumstance and mystery that surround this is not that usual if one follows the sequence of events and happenings.

Jana1 wrote:It seems what we expected was the one which had happened to MH370..

To clarify about Radar usage for Air Traffic Controlling I write the following.

There is vast area of Indian Ocean without radar coverage. ATC use Radar for approach - departure controlling only.

Radar sends radio signals from the antenna towards monitoring area ( mostly 360 degrees) and analyse signals reflected from air crafts to determine their locations. No one in the air plane can switch off it. Due to high power needed its range is limited to few hundred kilometers. We have about 140 Km coverage from Colombo , as far as I Know. This is called Primary Radar.

Rest of the area is covered by data sent from air crafts to the controlling tower in addition to verbal radio messages. Transponders like ADS-B are used for this system. ADS collect location data from GPS and other data from systems in the aircraft and transmit to the receiving centers in ground.

They suspect somebody switch off this and hide MH370 from monitor screens in the ground. By that time the plane was out from the Primary Radar coverage.

This means if the plane escaped from KL Radar it can come even towards Sri Lanka without any detection.

If you go Southwards from Sri Lanka apart from Maldives, I think Australian ATC may have a Radar fixed in Cocos Island and USAF have many in Diego Garsia and in Gan Islands (South Maldives) .(rem: I did not show them in the map) .

Interestingly Diego Garcia ( US Army Base) is in reachable distance from kL by MH370.

" The US further claims that they have identified approx 8 extra "handshake" connections made between the SATCOM system on MH 370 and satellites. These were made every 30 minutes and did not transmit any data. These 8 signals strongly imply that the aircraft was aloft for a further 4 to 4 hours 29 minutes.

It also means that the SATCOM was powered on and active, so no complete power outage. However all other communication could have been disabled by an incident on board, but US thinking (rightly or wrongly) is currently inclined towards a takeover scenario."

Fascinating stuff, I really hope its a hijack for the sake of the people aboard,. It seems to be a real pro job, not everyone would have the know how to pull something like this off ,in this day and age of super surveillance.

But I fail to see the objective, where could they land without detection ?

BREAKING NEWS: Investigators have concluded that the plane was hijacked and diverted off course, according to reports.

The strange journey outlined by the military data suggests that the plane was being controlled by a hijacker.

According to the military data, the plane rose to an altitude of 45,000 feet — about 10,000 feet higher than cruising Boeing 777-200 planes are supposed to fly — and later plummeted to 23,000 feet after disappearing from civilian radar screens. The plane made sharp turns throughout the journey towards the Indian Ocean.

The erratic movements of the aircraft after it diverted course and flew over the country also raise questions about why the military did not respond in real time to the flight emergency. Malaysian officials have acknowledged that military radar may have picked up the plane, but have said they took no action because it did not appear hostile !.

Answers to WHO & WHY are yet to come to fore.Let's hope they will be known soon to end the agonizing wait for many.Will that have an adverse effect on the Tourist arrivals in SL ?Will Hotel & Service industry shares will take another pounding ?

1) political 2) Religious 3) Military cover up as there was someone or multiple parties of importance on board

Effect tourist Arrivals in Sri Lanka?

I don;t see a direct relationship do you?

But looking at the latest reports and the direction of it flying , Sri Lanka might have been a landing site for the plane ;-)

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Answers to WHO & WHY are yet to come to fore.Let's hope they will be known soon to end the agonizing wait for many.Will that have an adverse effect on the Tourist arrivals in SL ?Will Hotel & Service industry shares will take another pounding ?

Unconfirmed reports say the last satellite transmission from MH370 has been traced to the Indian Ocean off Australia, far from where searches have taken place.

Inmarsat (ISAT), based in London, picked up “routine, automated signals” from Flight 370, according to a statement e-mailed by Jonathan Sinnatt, a spokesman.

Flight 370 may have flown beyond its last known position about 1,000 miles west of Perth, and that location may not be an indication of where the plane ended up, said the person, who spoke on condition of not being named because of the sensitivity of the information.